For me, a good book is a luxury, something to be savored, something that in its own right feels like a vacation.  This is one of those books, one of the best I’ve read in a long time.

I wasn’t going to pick this up. (And I’m late doing so. It’s been out for four years.) The title (Potato Peel Pie Society?) made me think this was one of those southern, Ya-Ya Sisterhood kind of books, and for some reason, I’m not a lover of southern fiction. When my sister-in-law recommended it as this wonderful book written all in letters, I looked at it again, and realized, DUH… it takes place on the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, during and after World War II.  Sign me up!   Continue reading »